October 1, 2023

Search Engine Journal: Google Search, Chrome & Ad Execs Plotted To Increase Ad Revenues

Search Engine Journal: Google Search, Chrome & Ad Execs Plotted To Increase Ad Revenues. “United States antitrust lawsuit against Google uncovers emails of executives from Google Search, Chrome and Ads discussing schemes for increasing ad revenue. There are two documents, one from 2019 that features top Google executives from Search, Chrome and Ads hatching plans for pumping up ad revenues before the end of the quarter. At one point they even discuss the impact on Google’s stock price and their own personal fortunes.” Every day I get a little bit sadder.

Security & Legal Issues 0
September 28, 2023

Fortune: Judge in Bankman-Fried trial to allow evidence of Chinese bribe, drug use by FTX execs

Fortune: Judge in Bankman-Fried trial to allow evidence of Chinese bribe, drug use by FTX execs . “In a 16-page order, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan agreed to let the prosecution present evidence to the jury that Bankman-Fried sought to bribe a Chinese official in hopes of getting access to $1 billion in funds the country had frozen. While the government has not charged Bankman-Fried with a crime in relation to the alleged incident in the upcoming trial, Kaplan found evidence about the bribe could support allegations about his motive for looting customer funds.”

Security & Legal Issues 0
September 26, 2023

The Verge: Here are the documents the Google antitrust trial judge didn’t want you to see

The Verge: Here are the documents the Google antitrust trial judge didn’t want you to see. “So far, what we have heard paints a picture of a Google that’s both dominant in search and highly cautious about admitting it, to the point of admonishing executives for using terms like ‘market share’ and quietly raising search ad prices to ‘shake the cushions’ and meet revenue targets. The online exhibits drove that point home, including email chains and presentations in which Google executives admit that its vast scale improves the service dramatically and that default deals — which the Department of Justice alleges it struck anticompetitively with both Apple and phone companies — are a powerful tool.”

Security & Legal Issues 0
July 21, 2023

UNESCO: How to determine the admissibility of AI-generated evidence in courts?

UNESCO: How to determine the admissibility of AI-generated evidence in courts?. “In the digital age, electronic evidence is an integral part of legal proceedings. Emails, text messages, social media posts, and surveillance footage are used in in establishing facts and supporting legal arguments. Even as the legal community has developed practices to handle electronic evidence, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has added a new layer of complexity with the rise of AI-generated evidence.”

Security & Legal Issues 0
June 11, 2022

Exclusive: A crypto-based dossier could help prove Russia committed war crimes (CNN)

CNN: Exclusive: A crypto-based dossier could help prove Russia committed war crimes. “Starling [Lab]’s dossier isn’t a typical exhibit. Instead, the group’s submission will feature publicly available online information that’s been preserved and verified using the blockchain technology behind cryptocurrencies, in what it says is the first submission of evidence of its kind to any court of law.”

Ukraine 0
April 20, 2022

AFP: Tech battles to show worth in Ukraine war crimes probes

AFP: Tech battles to show worth in Ukraine war crimes probes. “Russia’s war in Ukraine is still being counted in days, but images of atrocities already number in the hundreds of thousands. The conflict is the first to throw up such rich evidence in real time, but the sheer volume of material poses a huge challenge for those trying to use it as evidence of war crimes.”

Ukraine 0
April 14, 2022

Bloomberg: Ukraine War’s Most Potent Weapon May Be a Cell Phone

Bloomberg: Ukraine War’s Most Potent Weapon May Be a Cell Phone. “Winning requires resources devoted to telling the stories from the bloody battlefields to the diplomatic boardrooms. Videos have to be crisp and convincing, showing in graphic detail the war crimes being committed daily in Ukraine. This needs to be packaged and moved over the social networks in creative ways that capitalize on the West’s advantages — from getting them in the hands of social influencers in dozens of key countries to setting up professional-quality websites that are easy to navigate.”

Research & Opinion 0
April 11, 2022

WIRED: The Race to Archive Social Posts That May Prove Russian War Crimes

WIRED: The Race to Archive Social Posts That May Prove Russian War Crimes. “IN EARLY APRIL, as Ukraine started to regain control of Bucha and other small towns northwest of Kyiv, appalling imagery began to spread on Telegram and other social networks. Photos and videos showed bodies in the streets and anguished survivors describing loved ones, civilians, killed by Russian soldiers. In Chernivtsi, in western Ukraine, attorney Denys Rabomizo carefully built an archive of the gruesome evidence. His aim: to preserve social media posts that could help prove Russian war crimes.”

Security & Legal Issues 0
March 10, 2022

Washington Post: How to turn a tweet into viable evidence of a war crime

Washington Post: How to turn a tweet into viable evidence of a war crime. “…just as we’ve all learned the potential utility of ubiquitous mobile phones in capturing illicit and criminal activity in the United States, it’s useful to remember that the same effects are at play in international conflicts. Capturing and sharing an interesting or alarming video might also be sharing the deployment of an illegal munition.”

Security & Legal Issues 0
August 19, 2021

AP: How AI-powered Tech Landed Man In Jail With Scant Evidence

AP: How AI-powered Tech Landed Man In Jail With Scant Evidence. “Forensic reports prepared by ShotSpotter’s employees have been used in court to improperly claim that a defendant shot at police, or provide questionable counts of the number of shots allegedly fired by defendants. Judges in a number of cases have thrown out the evidence. ShotSpotter’s proprietary algorithms are the company’s primary selling point, and it frequently touts the technology in marketing materials as virtually foolproof. But the private company guards how its closed system works as a trade secret, a black box largely inscrutable to the public, jurors and police oversight boards.”

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